Note projection.



Patented May I4, I90I.

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JOHN KRUFT, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY,YASSIGNOR TO OSCAR SCHMIDT, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

NOTE PROJECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,208, dat'ed May 14, 191.

Application filed February 19, 1901. Serial No. 47,952. (No modeL) Aand durable and not liable to bend orbreak off when the note sheet or barrel is in use in the instrument.

The invention consists yof novel'features and parts and combinations of rthe same, as will be fully described `hereinafter and then pointed outin the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts ink all the views.

Figure l is an enlarged plan view of the blank for forming thenote projection. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 3 3 in Fig.. 2. Fig. 4 is arear perspective view of the same, and Fig. i 5 is a front perspective view of the same.

The note projection is rstruck up from and forms an integral part of a sheet A,of metal y or other suitable material, and saidnote projectionkconsists, essentially, of a tongue B and a brace C.y The tongueBis rectangular in shape and *extends approximately at a right angle to thesheet A, as is plainly indicated in the drawings, Vwhile the brace C is struck up'from ablank rho'mboidal in shape and located at one'side of the tongue B, said brace having its body portion C integral with the sheet A and thepbent-over portion C2 Vstanding approximately. at a right langle to the body portion and lying iiatagainstthe back of the Ytongue B, as is plainly indicated f in the drawings, to brace `said tongue B vand holdy the same against `bending or :breaking off when the notesheet orbarrel isin usein a musical instrument. It is understood Athat the rhomboidal blank for the brace is bent up from the sheet, and then the corner portion C2 is bent at a right angle to the body portion of the blank to produce the brace, which has its body portion arranged lengthwise in the direction of the movement of the tongue B, the bent-over portion C2 being parallel with and in contact With the tongue B. By this arrangement an exceedingly strong and durable note projection is produced, especially as the material of the sheet immediately at the rear of the base of the tongue B is not disturbed-thatis, is not cut out, asis the case with many note projections hereto-r foreproduced. Y

It is understood that by forming the brace from materialV ofthe sheet A, located at one side of the tongue B, it is evident that theindividual strength of the tongue is not impairedv in the least, but -the tongue itself is reinforcedor braced by the bent-over portion C3 of the braceC. f

Having thus fully described my invention,

2. A note projection, consisting'of a tongue struck up from a sheet and rectangular in shape,fand a' bracestruck up from the sheet at one side ofthe tongue, thev blankof the brace bein'grhomboidal in'shape and the brace havinga corner portion bent-at a right angle to itsbody, the corner portion lying j iiat 'againstthe yback of forth.

3. A note projection,yconsisting of a* tongue the tongue, as set vstruck up fromV a sheet and rectangular in shape, `and a brace'struckup Vfrom the s'heetk at one side ofthe tongue,the blank of the brace beingr rhomboidal inshape" and thev .brace having acorner portion bent at ari'ght angle to its body,the corner'portionlying ilatagainst the back .ofv the tongue, and the right angle to the tongue at one side thereof, f as set forth. f

ybody portion ofxthe .brace extending at a ,i

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4. A brace for the tongue of a note projecbrace located at one. side of Ysaid tongue, asil tion, struck up from a sheet independent and set forth. at one side of the tongue, the brace having a In testimony whereof I have signed my body portion integrally connected with the name to this specification in the presence of 5 sheet, and a bent portion extending approxitwo subscribing Witnesses.

mately at a right angle to the body portion A and parallel with the tongue, to engage the JOHN KRUFT back thereof, as set forth. Witnesses:

5. A blank for a note projection, consist- THEO. G. HOSTER, 1o ing of areotangular tongue, and a rhomboidal EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

